23 May 2011

Whip spider

Heterophrynus sp., Guyanese rainforest.

Photo from Artour a's Flickr photostream, via Found here.

7 comments:

  1. turtleMay 23, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    oh, thank you, thank you very much for that, now i'm never going to sleep again...

    you should at least post this to make up for it.

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  2. AnneMay 23, 2011 at 12:11 PM

    Great, the spider in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie was a real creature after all. Just what I needed to know. Yeesh.

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  3. ConorMay 23, 2011 at 2:22 PM

    I've only heard them called 'whip scorpion,' and the first time I saw one was the first and last time I watched Fear Factor. I vaguely remember it being a casino-themed episode, but vividly remember watching a woman eating one of these beasts.

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  4. MinnesotastanMay 23, 2011 at 3:10 PM

    There is a difference between whip spider/scorpions like this-

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_spider

    and the critters more commonly called whip scorpions -

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_scorpion

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  5. JimMay 23, 2011 at 10:30 PM

    It's beautiful!

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  6. AnonymousMay 25, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    @turtle, what a charmer! Who is he?

    And how big is the whip spider (she asked tremulously)?

    --Swift Loris

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  7. UnknownMay 25, 2011 at 6:30 AM

    Good to know I'm not the only reader here who thinks instantly of Harry Potter when seeing these.

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